Studio Talbot serves as a consulting design partner to in-house teams and established brands, providing senior-level creative direction and hands-on design support as needed.

Stepping in where teams need clarity, continuity, or additional design bandwidth, whether that’s shaping seasonal vision, expanding or refining assortments, or developing executable artwork for production.

Engagements range from short-term project support to longer-term embedded partnerships, depending on where teams need additional leadership or hands-on execution.

Creative Direction and Brand Strategy

Seasonal direction, trend forecasting, CMF strategy, and brand identity for home and lifestyle brands. For clients building a creative voice from the ground up, or refining one that's outgrown its current shape.

  • Creative direction rooted in brand vision and business goals

  • Trend and Moodboard Creation

  • Color and Material Direction

  • Concept and presentation development

  • Executive level stakeholder presentations

  • Team leadership and mentorship

Hands-on support through factory sourcing, sampling, color approvals, and production, ensuring every piece arrives true to concept, on standard, and on time.

Production & Manufacturing
Oversight

I create original patterns, prints, and surface designs that bring brand stories to life across categories.

Textile and Surface Design

  • Original pattern development and artwork creation.

  • Color palette development

  • CAD engineering and repeat construction.

  • Color Reduction and separation

  • Artwork cleanup for mill and vendor use.

  • Reworking and modernizing vintage / archival artwork

  • Production-ready file preparation

  • Tech pack creation

  • Mill collaboration and strike-off approvals

Collection and Assortment Development

Assortment architecture, category strategy, and product positioning. Translating creative direction into a cohesive, commercial product line, built to perform and built to last.

  • Translate market insights and trend intelligence into commercially successful assortments

  • Competitive landscape analysis and white-space identification

  • Seasonal product roadmaps and line plans

  • Assortment architecture across categories and price tiers

  • Visual and assortment planning

  • Category expansion strategy

Common ways I support teams include:

  • * Freelance or contract design support *

  • *Embedded creative direction across seasonal concepts and multi-category assortments*

  • * Helping established brands evolve, expand, or enter new categories while maintaining brand cohesion*

  • * Translating brand guidelines into detailed artwork packages for internal teams and external suppliers*

  • * Supporting private label and licensed programs across home categories*

  • * Original, production-ready textile and surface design (print, pattern, CAD)*

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